Reflecting device for motor-vehicles.



W. E. FELLOWES.

REFLECTING DEVICE FOR MOTOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION man uc.a. 19:4.

Patented Apr. 13, 1915.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, WILLIAM lEninnivn hnnnowns, a subject of the King ofGreat Britain, residing at Swansea, England, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Reflecting Devices for Motor-Vehicles; and ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to improvements in reflecting devices foruse on the bonnets of motor vehicles which are arranged at such an angleas to enable the driver to see objects to the sides of the vehicle.

@ne object of the invention is to provide a device of this type whichcan be readily fixed to existing motorcars.

The second object of the invention is to provide a device in which thereflectors can be adjusted according to the relative position of thedriver toenable him to see objects at right angles to the direction ottravel of the car.

Another object is to provide a. device in which the mirrors shall beeasily adjustable to fulfil the object above described.

These devices are particularly useful when the motorcar passes intocross roads as they enable the driver to seenp and down the cross roadas soon as the bonnet or radiator oil the vehicle passes on to the roadand betore the part ot' the vehicle containing the drivers seat and therest of the vehicle has done so.

The invention will now be" described with rcterence to the accompanyingdrawings in which Figure 1 is a trout elevation of a portion at amotorcar radiator showing the reflecting devices in position. Fig. 2 isa side ele-' ration on an enlarged scale of a portion of Fig. l with one(it the reflectors removed. l ig. 3 is a plan view ot" Fig. Q with bothrellectors in position. Figs. t and 5 are detail views on an enlargedscale otparts hereinatter referred to.

As shown in the drawings the'mirrors 2 are each mounted by means of pins3 in sockets A which. by means of pins 5 are mounted in a cross bar it,the pins passing through holes in the bar 6 and being locked therein bya suitable locknut 7. The cross bar ti is carried by an upright or post8 about its middle point being adjust-ably held therein by means of asuitable screw 9. The upright or post8 is rigidly mounted on a shortbracket 10 which is of angle cross section. To the underside of thebracket 10 there-are adjustably hinged two jaws 11. The jaws are capableof being tightened up one toward the other by means of a bar 12 which isprovided with a screw thread at each end over which nuts 13 take. Thebonnet of the car to which the reflector is to be attached isrepresented at it and the radiator at 15 while the radiator inlet isindicated at 16. The jaws ll take around the radiator inlet 16 beingtightened up thereon by means of the rod 12 and the nuts 13. Alsosecured to the angle piece or bracket 10 are two stays 17 which crossone another being held together at their junction by a suitable plateand clamp 18. The lower ends of these rods 17 are held in sockets oreyelets 19 (see more particularly 1F igs. 4t and 5) which are held bymeans of screws 20 and locknuts 21 in clamps 22 which latter are capableof being secured by means of screws 23 to the side members or girders 24of the chassis of the car.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the device as aWhole can be readily secured to practically all makes of car by simplysecuring the jaws in position and then adjusting the clamps 19 on therods 17 and then securing these clamps to the girders 24 as shown.

It will be seen that the mirrors can each of them be swung individuallyabout a vertical axis and unitedly about a horizontal axis so that whenthe driver is in his seat the mirrors can be tilted unitedly bypermitting the cross piece 6 to be turned in the head of the post 8 tillthe mirrors reflect to the driver objects at the desired level. Themirrors can then be individually turned with the pins 5 in the crosspiece 6 till they reflect objects at right angles to the path. of

travel of the motor after which they can be clamped in the adjustedposition.

1. in a reflecting device for motorcars, two mirrors, supports holdingsaid mirrors, means for adjusting said mirrors about a horizontal axis,means for adjusting said mirrors individually about a vertical axis,means for securing said suppc'ts to the frontiof the motorcar.

2. In a reflecting device tor motor-cars,

' manure two mirrors placed approximately at right means for securingsaid post to the front 10 angles the one to the other as regards theirportion of a motorcar. horizontal axes, a cross piece supporting Intestimony whereof, I affix my signasaid mirrors one toward each end,adjustture, in presence of two witnesses.

'% able means permitting of turning saidmir- WILLIAM EDMUND FELLOWEBrors about a vertical axis connected to said cross piece, a postcarrying said cross piece, Witnesses: means for permitting said crosspiece to be WILLIAM D. S005, turned about a horizontal axis in saidpost,P. A. Lrvmosron.

